AVALONZAYA
LONG BEACH WRITERS GROUP
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ™
The Long Beach Writers Group meets every Monday
@ BORDERS on Bellflower at 7 pm – (562) 799-0486
IN THIS EDITION:
1. Our guide
2. Publication by our members
3. Events and more
4. Helpful websites
5. Our contact
1. OUR GUIDELINE:
* New members need to attend three meetings before submitting a manuscript for critique.
* Submit manuscript to the group one-week before the due date of the discussion, and
* E-mail your MS to the newsletter writer ASAP to be e-mailed to the group.
* Submit no more than 15 pages - double-space. .
* MS can be submitted to the group every three weeks, if there is no one else waiting.
2. PUBLICATIONS BY OUR MEMBERS
Sherwood Smith has published several books: www.sherwoodsmith.net
Kathryn Atkins has a blog, check it out: www.kathrynatkins.blogspot.com
3 EVENTS AND MORE
California Writers Club of Long Beach meets the first Tuesday of each month. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Los Altos branch library.
The library is located at 5614 Britton Dr.
4. HELPFUL WEBSITES
Ø Great website for beginners: http://www.newbie-writers.com
Ø Online Critique for Children’s Picture Books:
http://groups.google.com/group/picture-book-writing-and-illustrating
Ø For those sending out query letters to agents. http://www.querytracker.net
Ø A workshop for writers in science fiction and fantasy genres: http://www.sff.net/paradise
Ø For a professional science fiction and fantasy writers: http://www.sfwa.org
Ø Tips on Critique: http://www.critters.org/diplomacy.html
Ø On writing: http://www.therthdimension.org/FictionWriting/Dialogue/dialogue.htm
Ø All kinds of pitfalls, from scam agents and publishers to Really Bad Ideas in marketing oneself and one's works: http://accrispin.blogspot.com
Ø For produced movie screenplays: www.script-o-rama.com
Writer Beware Blog:
v www.accrispin.blogspot.com
v www.getpublishednow.biz
v www.freelanceswitch.com
v www.fundsforwriters.com/writingkid.htm
v www.writingfordollars.com
On inspiration
§ Penonfire.blogspot.com has On Writing short stories by Kurt Vonnegut:
§ www.writing-world.com
§ www.pma-online.org
§ www.naww.org
§ http://www.querytracker.net
§ Http://mcsweeneys.net/books/everthingthatrises.contest52.html
§ http:www.duotrope.com/index/aspx
§ http://www.qyerttracjer.net
§ http://absolutewrite.com/
§ http://storymaking.com
§ http://www.writing.com/
For members or non-members you may contact one of the following coordinating members.
Moss Sherian: mossusa2002@yahoo.com
Tim Raab: tjraab@charter.net
Kathryn Atkins: kgatkins@verizon.net
Cindy Frye: cfryewriter@yahoo.com
mossusa2002@yahoo.com
